Sad Day For So Many

The Boston Marathon weaves through several towns and we used to live right off one of the route roads. Such memories I have. I am sorry that a terrible thing would happen to what is a great time for Boston and it's proud visitors.

Our thoughts are with the victims and their families.

However, it's with heavy heart I include that my family also had some turmoil which has rocked our little world; unrelated to the bombing. Please keep prayers for us along with the Boston tragedy.

This day will always be in my memory.

MARIO QUILT for Meredith!

Hi everyone!

Now it's my older daughter Meredith's turn for a quilt and she wants a Mario quilt! I found a Quilt Along online which inspired me, however I found other cross stitch patterns to follow. I am also cutting my squares slightly larger than Angela's recommended 1" to create a larger quilt (original finished quilt measures 54" x 72" and mine will be 81 x 108").

These 1.5" squares are the smallest cut pieces with which I have ever worked!!! Definitely a fun pattern. Have the rows finished in the pic, but still have to sew the rows together.

I will also finish this off in the QAYG manner; that final size is too big for me to sandwich on the floor and I really like quilting each block at a time, just about anywhere.

In the Quilt Along, Angela also has everyone use a "Stick 'N WashAway" which was A) unavailable in my local fab store and B) WAY too expensive online. I also think trying to align all the squares on something sticky sounds more difficult than simply aligning one edge to stitch.

Well, I guess I should admit that this isn't really following along with Angela's Quilt Along, but she definitely inspired me and is the reason why I chose to do this quilt opposed to the other Mario quilts I see when I google.

If you would like to see Angela's quilt, here's a link. Mario Quilt Along Project

Thank you for looking!

Thanks for lookin'! Please visit my page again, soon.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my precious baby girl, Laura. I can't believe you are 12 years old!

Thank you for being my daughter. Love you so much.

All Done!

My Quilt As You Go quilt for Caroline is finished! Taking it to the laundromat for a final, good cleaning and then off to Connecticut it goes.

Thank you so much for following the progress of Caroline's quilt. I hope you like the way it turned out.

Quilting On The Go Quilt, Almost Done!!!!

Hello again!

All I need to do is cut and sew on the binding! Then Caroline's quilt will be washed and sent off. I cannot believe it's almost finished. Been my project since the end of February.

Thank you for looking!

Caroline's Quilt (QAYG)

Wow, I am almost done with Caroline's quilt; it's taken a little more than a month. I am so excited to send it off to her.

Here's how the back looks. The back is made up of scraps, but I did cheat and buy some fabric to complete a couple squares and the borders.

Here you can see the front of the 4" border. I will be attaching the border to the quilt in the front with a yellow sashing and pink sashing in the back (like the rest of the quilt).

Please visit again to see the binding (still trying to decide with color to use on the edges) and the quilt all finished.